[TriLUG] Re: Modem Hangup

[al johnson]

Well, I distinctly remember the existence of a one line terminal command 
which could switch off my modem's internet connection after a certain number 
of minutes which I could specify. Ordinarily, I would look for it on my 
Windows Hard disk (where I had it saved), but unfortunately everything on 
that drive is literally "Gone with the Wind", to use Margaret Mitchell's book 
title. I  had a Windows program which did this, and I've found it to be 
extremely valuable, esp. when I was doing large downloads, or a large number 
of downloads. It is also extremely handy to use during the morning and dinner 
times when the telemarketers are most likely to call and interrupt your 
dinner. It's a great way to say "No" to the telemarketers, because you don't 
even have to talk to them!! To retrieve emergency messages we have Bell 
South's $5 @ month voice mail. Anything we can do to stop telemarketers from 
interrupting the peace and quiet of our dinners is truly a blessing. ---Al 
Johnson. 
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On Thursday 02 January 2003 01:53 pm, you wrote:
> > And I also have another which I asked a long time ago when I first joined
> > Trilug.
> >
> > I asked if there was a way to hang up my modem (i.e. my internet
> > connection and telephone) without resetting the computer at any period of
> > time that I might desire, e.g. 10 min. , 20 min., 1 hour, 2 hours, 2
> > hours and 20 mins., etc. At that time long before I had a good working
> > Linux machine I was given a one line Terminal command to accomplish just
> > that. If anyone remembers what it was, I'd love to have it now!!.
>
> I don't have a terminal command, but another program pointer: "diald".
> It's what managed my Internet connection until I broke down and got
> Roadrunner :-)
> It will bring up the modem link on-demand (whenever there is traffic)
> and drop it after a configurable period of idle time.
> It's also got an "impulse" feature (which I did not personally use) that
> would allow you to configure policies like "if you dial up, might as well
> stay online for N minutes, as it's not any cheaper to disconnect earlier".
>
> On the other hand, if you're using wvdial, possibly something like:
>
> sleep <number of seconds> ; pkill wvdial &
>
> might could do the trick.
>
> Corey
>
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